Get your whole team pointed the same direction.

THE PROBLEM

You've got good people and a full calendar. But ask five of them where you're headed and you'll get five answers. A plan that lives in a binder doesn't move anyone.

WHAT WE BUILD TOGETHER

• Purpose: why you exist, even if the name changed tomorrow.
• Vision: a three-year picture clear enough to recognize when you get there.
• Mission: the work you do now, simple enough that a new hire can repeat it.
• Values: five behaviors at most, used to hire, decide, and say no.
• Goals: three to five priorities, each with an owner, a number, and a date.
• Alignment: a team scoreboard, individual goal sheets, and a stop-doing list.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Prep. About a week before, your team gets a short pre-read and a worksheet on where things stand today.
2. One-day leadership off-site. In four to five hours, your leaders and goal owners (four to eight people) build a one-page plan together. The decision-makers have to be in the room.
3. Follow-through. Four working sessions over the next six to eight weeks: a kickoff, a mid-point check, coaching for goal owners, and a scoreboard review. We put all four dates on the calendar before the off-site ends.

WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH

• A one-page strategic plan
• A team scoreboard with owners, numbers, and dates
• Individual goal sheets
• A stop-doing list
• A summary of every decision and next step

WHAT CHANGES

After 30 days, anyone on your team can tell you why you exist, where you're headed, and who owns what. After 90 days, the scoreboard is in use, goals have moved, and you've stopped doing something that was eating your time.